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Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...
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Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. ...
, is organised by county within their respective jurisdiction.


Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. ...


County Carlow County Carlow ( ; ga, Contae Cheatharlach) is a Counties of Ireland, county located in the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region of Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Carlow is the List of Irish counties by ...

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County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (''Bréifn ...

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County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,81 ...


County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns a ...

: * Aghamarta Castle * Aghamhaoila Castle * Ballea Castle * Ballinacarriga Castle *
Ballincollig Castle Ballincollig Castle is a Norman castle to the south of the town of Ballincollig, County Cork, Ireland built after the Norman invasion of Ireland. In its prime, the castle was inhabited by the Barrett family, who had control of the local area. ...
* Ballintotis Castle * Ballybeg Castle * Ballyclogh Castle * Ballyhooly Castle * Ballymaloe Castle * Ballynamona Castle * Ballyrobert Castle *
Barryscourt Castle Barryscourt Castle (''Caisleán Chúirt an Bharraigh'' in Irish) is a castle located in eastern County Cork in southern Ireland, close to the town of Carrigtwohill. History The site on which Barryscourt castle now stands has been occupied for ...
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Belvelly Castle Belvelly Castle is a 14th or 15th-century tower house in County Cork, Ireland. It is situated next to the small village of Belvelly, opposite and overlooking the only road bridge connecting Fota Island to Great Island (on which the town of Cob ...
* Ballyva Manor, built in the 1850s by Timothy Hurley *
Blackrock Castle Blackrock Castle is a castellated fortification located at Blackrock, about 2 km from Cork city centre on the banks of the River Lee in Ireland. Originally developed as a coastal defence fortification in the 16th century to protect upper ...
, restored castle * Blackwater Castle, restored castle *
Blarney Castle Blarney Castle ( ga, Caisleán na Blarnan) is a medieval stronghold in Blarney, near Cork, Ireland. Though earlier fortifications were built on the same spot, the current keep was built by the MacCarthy of Muskerry dynasty, a cadet branch of th ...
, restored castle * Buttevant Castle * Carrigacunna Castle *
Carrigadrohid Castle Carrigadrohid () is a townland and village in the parish of Aghinagh, County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. I ...
* Carrigleamleary castle * Carrignamuck Castle * Carriganass Castle *
Carrigaphooca Castle Carrigaphooca Castle ( ga, Caisleán Carraig a' Phúca, meaning Castle on the Rock of the Fairy; the word ''Púca'' translates as ghost or fairy), is a ruined five storey rectangular tower house situated on a steep-sided rock overlooking the Riv ...
* Carrigboy Castle * Carrignacurra Castle * Carrigrohane Castle *
Castle Barrett A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...
* Castle Bernard * Castle Cooke * Castle Donovan (Sowagh), ruins which underwent conservation in 2014 * Castle Downeen * Castle Eyre * Castle Freke, ruins in process of restoration * Castle Harrison (Charleville), destroyed *
Castle Hyde A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...
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Castle Kevin A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
* Castle Lishen * Castle Lyons *
Castle Magner A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...
* Castle Mallow, see Mallow Castle * Castle Mary * Castle Park * Castle Pook * Castle Richard * Castle Ringaskidy * Castle Salem * Castle Townsend * Castle Warren * Castle Widenham, see Widenham Castle (Castletown Castle) *
Castle White A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...
* Castle Wrixon *
Castlemahon Mahoonagh or Castlemahon () is a village and civil parish in County Limerick, Ireland. The village lies four kilometres south east of the town of Newcastle West. There are two villages within the civil parish of Mahoonagh, namely Mahoonagh and ...
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Castlemartyr Castlemartyr (, formerly anglicised as ''Ballymarter'' or ''Ballymartyr'') is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It is located 25 minutes east of Cork city, 10 km (6 mi) east of Midleton, 16 km (10 mi) west of Youghal and 6&n ...
* Castleminsters * Castlesaffron *
Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly * Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) in County Galway {{disambiguation ...
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Conna Castle Conna Castle ('' Irish'': Caisleán Chonaithe) is a 16th century tower house located near Conna in County Cork, Ireland. History 16th century Conna Castle is situated in County Cork on the River Bride, a tributary of the River Blackwater, ...
* Coolmaine Castle, restored castle previously owned by
Roy Disney Roy Disney may refer to: * Roy O. Disney (1893–1971), partner and elder brother of Walt Disney * Roy E. Disney Roy Edward Disney KCSG (January 10, 1930 – December 16, 2009) was an American businessman. He was the longtime senior executive ...
* Coppingerstown Castle * Coppingers Court * Cor Castle * Creagh Castle * Cregg Castle * Crowley Castle * Davis' Castle * Desmond Castle, restored castle * Dripsey Castle *
Drishane Castle Drishane Castle is a MacCarthy tower house and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. In modern times the name is also used to refer to the adjacent house which dates from the 18th century. It is located northeast of Millstreet, o ...
, restored castle * Dromagh Castle *
Dromaneen Castle Dromaneen Castle is a fortified house and National Monument located in County Cork, Ireland. It was one of the three main castles of the ancient O’Callaghan clan. The ruin is that of a Jocobean mansion and it is said to have been built by Ca ...
* Duarrigle Castle * Dunalong Castle * Dunasead Castle *
Dunboy Castle Dunboy Castle () is a ruined 15th century castle on the Beara Peninsula in south-west Ireland near the town of Castletownbere. The castle's tower house and bawn were destroyed in the 1602 Siege of Dunboy, though its ruins remain open to the p ...
* Dundareirke Castle, castle ruins *
Dunlough Castle Dunlough Castle, standing atop the cliffs at the northern tip of the Mizen Peninsula, looks at the Atlantic Ocean from the extreme southwest point of Ireland. Founded in 1207 by Donagh O’Mahony, Dunlough is one of the oldest castles in souther ...
, or Three Castles Head * Dunmahon Castle * Dunmanus Castle, castle ruins * Enchicrenagh Castle ruin * Eustace's Castle * Garryvoe Castle, tower house ruins *
Glengarriff Castle Glengarriff () is a village of approximately 140 people on the N71 national secondary road in the Beara Peninsula of County Cork, Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it has a number of natural attractions. It sits at the northe ...
* Gortmore Castle * Ightermurragh Castle, castle ruins * Kanturk Castle *
Kilbolane Castle Kilbolane Castle is a historical fortification atop Kilbolane Hill, half a kilometre from the village of Milford, County Cork, Ireland. The castle was built in the 15th or 16th century but employed a 13th-century Norman style with high walls ...
* Kilbrittain Castle, restored castle * Kilcaskan Castle * Kilcolman Castle * Kilkoe castle, = Jeremy Irons' castle * Kilcor Castle *
Kilcrea Castle Kilcrea Castle is a ruined 15th-century towerhouse and bawn located near the Kilcrea Friary, west of Cork City, Ireland. The tower house and friary were both built by Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, 9th Lord of Muskerry. Location Killcrea Castle s ...
, castle ruins * Kilnannan Castle * Lohort Castle * Lumbard´s Castle *
Macroom Castle Macroom Castle, in the centre of the town of Macroom, was once residence and fortress of the Lords of Muskerry. The castle has changed owners many times, has been besieged, burned, and rebuilt. The MacCarthys of Muskerry owned it with some inter ...
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Mallow Castle Mallow Castle is a National Monument (Ireland), National Monument situated off the N72 on Bridewell Lane, Mallow, County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Description The site is composed of gardens and parkland on which three buildings s ...
, castle ruins * Milltown Castle * Mistletoe Castle * Mitchelstown Castle, demolished * Mogeely Castle * Monanimy Castle * Monkstown Castle * Mountlong Castle * Rathberry Castle ruin * Ringrone Castle * Rostellan Castle * Siddon's Tower * Tynte's Castle * Wallstown Castle * Widenham Castle, restored castle


County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrcon ...

: * Ballyshannon Castle *Burt Castle * Carrickabraghy Castle * Doe Castle/Caisleán na dTuath, Restored Castle *
Donegal Castle Donegal Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost ...
, Restored Castle. * Drumboe Castle *
Glenveagh Castle Glenveagh Castle ( ga, Caisleán Ghleann Bheatha ) is a large castellated mansion located in Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal, Ireland and was built in about 1870. History Captain John George Adair built Glenveagh Castle between ...
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Monellan Castle Monellan Castle was a large castellated mansion on the southern outskirts of The Cross, a hamlet just outside Killygordon in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It was constructed in the eighteenth centur ...
* Mongavlin Castle * Greencastle, castle ruins * O'Doherty Castle, castle ruins * Rahan Castle, castle ruins *
Raphoe Castle Raphoe Castle, also known as the Bishop's Palace, is a ruined early 17th-century castle on the edge of Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland. The 'castle' was built in the 1630s for The Rt. Rev. Dr John Leslie, Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Rap ...
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County Dublin "Action to match our speech" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Dublin.svg , map_alt = map showing County Dublin as a small area of darker green on the east coast within the lighter green background of ...

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Ardgillan Castle Ardgillan Castle is a country house near Balbriggan, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is set in the Ardgillan Demesne, a public park in the jurisdiction of Fingal County Council. Features Featuring castellated embellishments, t ...
, Ardgillan Demesne, Balrothery *Artaine Castle, Artaine *
Ashtown Castle Ashtown Castle (Irish: ''Caisleán Bhaile an Ásaigh'') is a tower house in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Ireland. It was found hidden within the walls of a much larger and more recent Georgian building, the Under Secretary's Lodge also know ...
, Phoenix Park. *Athgoe Castle, Newcastle, intact, *Ballyowen Castle, Lucan, ruins incorporated into the Ballyowen Castle Shopping Centre *Balrothery Castle, intact *Baymount Castle, Heronstown, Clontarf *Belgard Castle, Tallaght, HQ of CRH Holdings *Bremore Castle, Balbriggan, under repair *Bullock Castle * Carrickmines Castle, ruins, buried beneath recent road work *Castle Bagot, Kilmactalway, Newcastle, intact, health spa *Castle Mount, Clogh *Castle Park (''Castle Perrin''), Monkstown, intact, * Castleknock Castle *Cheeverstown *Clonskeagh Castle, Roebuck. 19th century, on site of earlier castle. *
Clontarf Castle Clontarf Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chluain Tarbh) is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. There has been a castle on the site since 1172. In mod ...
, Clontarf. Restored Castle, Hotel. *Conn Castle, intact *
Corr Castle Corr Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Chorraigh – Castle of the round hill) is an L-plan tower house likely constructed sometime in the fifteenth century in Sutton, Dublin. The castle lies within the boundaries of Howth Demesne in the old townlan ...
* Corrig Castle Dun Laoghaire, demolished. *Dalkey, 2 remaining of original 7 castles *Donabate, intact *
Drimnagh Castle Drimnagh Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhroimeanaigh) is a Norman castle located in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat around it; this moat is fed by a small local river, the Camac. D ...
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Drumcondra Castle Drumcondra is the name of several places: * Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland, a residential area on the Northside of Dublin ** Drumcondra railway station ** Drumcondra F.C., former football club * Drumconrath Drumconrath or Drumcondra (historically ...
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Dublin Castle Dublin Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a former Motte-and-bailey castle and current Irish government complex and conference centre. It was chosen for its position at the highest point of central Dublin. Until 1922 it was the s ...
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Dundrum Castle Dundrum Castle, a ruin standing over the town of Dundrum, County Down, Northern Ireland, must not to be confused with Dundrum Castle in Dundrum, County Dublin. It was constructed by John de Courcy, sometime near the beginning of the 13th centu ...
, Dundrum. Ruins * Dunsoghly Castle, Restored Castle *
Howth Castle Howth Castle ( ) and estate lie just outside the village of Howth, County Dublin in Ireland, in the administration of Fingal County Council. The castle was the ancestral home of the line of the St Lawrence family (see: Earl of Howth) that had ...
, Howth. *Grange, intact? *Irishtown Castle, ruin * Kilgobbin Castle, ruin, *Killiney Castle, Scalpwilliam or Mount Mapas. *Killininny Castle, Firhouse *Kilsallaghan Castle *Knocklyne (''Knocklyon'') Castle, Knocklyon. Intact, private residence. *Lambay Castle, Lambay Island *Lanestown, intact * Lehaunstown or Laughanstown Castle, concealed within a later manor house. * Luttrellstown Castle, Restored Castle *Merrion Castle *
Malahide Castle Malahide Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhullach Íde), parts of which date to the 12th century, lies close to the village of Malahide, nine miles (14 km) north of central Dublin in Ireland. It has over of remaining parkland estate, forming th ...
, Malahide Demesne. Restored Castle * Merrion Castle, Merrion. * Monkstown Castle, Monkstown Castlefarm. Ruin *Murphystown, ruins, the proposed Luas line B1 runs approximately 28m west of the ruins of Murphystown Castle and through its area of archaeological potential. *Nangor Castle, Nangor. * Portrane castle (''Stella's Tower''), intact * Puck's Castle, Shankill. Ruin *
Rathfarnham Castle Rathfarnham Castle ( ga, Caisleán Rath Fearnáin) is a 16th-century fortified house in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, Ireland. The earlier Irish castle was occupied by the Harold family, who held it as tenants of the le Bret family. It was replac ...
, Rathfarnham Demesne. Restored Castle *Rathmines Castle, Rathmines West. *Robswall, intact *Roebuck Castle, Roebuck. Hall of residence UCD campus *Sarsfield Castle, intact *Seatown * Shangannagh Castle, ruins, not to be confused with the late 18th-century house of the same name *
Shankill Castle Shankill Castle and Gardens is set in parkland near Paulstown on the Carlow/Kilkenny border. Visitors are invited to walk in the grounds and gardens, and there are guided tours of the house. Shankill Castle started as a Butler tower-house near t ...
, Shankill
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Ruin *Simmonscourt Castle, Smotscour
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*Stillorgan Castle, Stillorgan. 18th-century house on site of earlier castle, now incorporated into the modern St
John of God John of God ( pt, João de Deus; es, Juan de Dios; lat, Joannes Dei; March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a ...
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Swords Castle Swords Castle is an early medieval castle located in Swords, Dublin. Originally built for the Archbishops of Dublin in the early 13th century near the Ward River, some of the castle estate had fallen into disrepair by the 14th and 15th centuries ...
, castle ruins, undergoing restoration * Tallaght Castle, Tower House, incorporated into the buildings of St. Mary's Priory in Tallaght village *Templeogue Hous
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*Thorncastle *Tully's Castle,
Clondalkin Clondalkin ( ; ) is a suburban town situated 10 km south-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland, under the administrative jurisdiction of South Dublin. It features an 8th-century round tower that acts as a focal point for the area. Clondal ...
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*Tymon Castle, Tymon North. Demolished in the 1970s *
Williamstown Castle Williamstown or Williamtown is the name of several places in the world: Australia * Williamtown, New South Wales ** RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales * Williamstown, South Australia *Williamstown, Victoria ** Williamstown railway line **Willia ...
, Williamstow
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County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

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Ardamullivan Castle Ardamullivan Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Location Ardamullivan Castle is located south of Gort and southwest of Lough Cutra. History Ardamullivan Castle was built in the 16th century b ...
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Athenry Castle Athenry Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in Athenry, Ireland. Location Athenry Castle is located off Court Lane in the east part of Athenry, on the west bank of the River Clarin. It is sited on a natural rise and defended t ...
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Aughnanure Castle Aughnanure Castle (''Caisleán Achadh na nlubhar'' in Irish) is a tower house in Oughterard, County Galway, Ireland. It is situated in the west of Ireland. It was built by the O' Flaherty's in the 16th century. History The castle was built by ...
, intact castle * Ballindooley Castle, restored castle * Ballinfad Castle, intact castle * Ballymore Castle, restored castle *
Ballynahinch Castle Ballynahinch Castle is a former Irish country house and estate, built on the site of a former castle, which is now a luxury hotel set in a private estate in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. The castle lies on the edge of Ballynahi ...
, intact castle * Caheradangan Castle, intact castle * Caherkinmonwee Castle, intact castle * Cargin Castle, restored castle * Castle Ellen, restored castl

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Castle Kirk A castle is a type of fortification, fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by Military order (monastic society), military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but u ...
, castle ruins * Castletown Castle, castle ruins *
Clifden Castle Clifden Castle is a ruined manor house west of the town of Clifden in the Connemara region of County Galway, Ireland. It was built for John D'Arcy, the local landowner, in the Gothic Revival style. It fell into disrepair after becoming uninhab ...
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Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly * Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) in County Galway {{disambiguation ...
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* Cloonacauneen Castle, restored castle * Corofin Castle, castle ruins * Cregg Castle, restored castle * Derryhivenny Castle, castle ruins *
Dunguaire Castle Dunguaire Castle ( ga, Dún Guaire) is a 16th-century tower house on the southeastern shore of Galway Bay in County Galway, Ireland, near Kinvara (also spelled Kinvarra). The name derives from the Dun (fort) of King Guaire, the legendary king ...
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Dunsandle Castle Dunsandle Castle is a 15th-century castle near Athenry, County Galway, in Ireland. History Dunsandle Castle is referenced by Nolan, J.P. Galway Castles and Owners in 1574 Nolan, J.P. Galway Castles and Owners in 1574 (Barons of Kingestowne A ...
, restored castle * Eyrecourt Castle, castle ruins * Feartagar Castle, castle ruins * Fiddaun Castle, castle ruins *
Garbally Castle Garbally castle is a late medieval tower house located in the parish of Skehana, County Galway. Location Garbally Castle is the dominant feature of the townland of Garbally in the parish of Skehana and sits at the junction of the R338 and the a ...
, castle ruins * Glinsk Castle, castle ruins * Hackett Castle, castle ruins *
Isert Kelly Castle Isert Kelly Castle is a Tower houses in Britain and Ireland, tower house and National Monument (Ireland), National Monument located in County Galway, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Location Isert Kelly Castle is southwest of Kilchreest. Hist ...
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Kilcolgan Castle Kilcolgan (), is a village on the mouth of the Kilcolgan River at Dunkellin Bay in County Galway, Ireland. The settlement is at the junction of the N67 and R458 roads, which lies between Gort and Clarinbridge. The village is near the site of ...
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Kylemore Abbey Kylemore Abbey ( ga, Mainistir na Coille Móire) is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1920 on the grounds of Kylemore Castle, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. The abbey was founded for Benedictine Nuns who fled Belgium in World War I an ...
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Lynch's Castle Summerhill House was a 100-roomed mansion in County Meath, Ireland which was the ancestral seat of the Viscounts Langford and the Barons Langford. Built in 1731, Summerhill House demonstrated the power and wealth the Langford Rowley family h ...
, restored castle * Menlow Castle (also Menlo or Menlough), castle ruins *
Monivea Castle Monivea Castle ( ga, Caisleán Mhuine Mheá) is a former O'Kelly tower house, located near Monivea in County Galway, Ireland. It was acquired by the ffrench family, one of the fourteen Tribes of Galway, who developed it further, enhancing the l ...
, castle ruins * Moyode Castle, castle ruins *
Oranmore Castle Oranmore Castle is a castle in Oranmore, County Galway, in Ireland. History Oranmore Castle was most likely built some time around the 15th century, possibly on top of an older fortified house. The Clanricardes, a notable family from Galway, us ...
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Portumna Castle Portumna Castle is a semi-fortified house in Portumna, County Galway, Ireland which was built in the early 17th century by Richard Burke, 4th Earl of Clanricarde. Location Portumna Castle is located close to the shore of Lough Derg near whe ...
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Thoor Ballylee Thoor Ballylee Castle (Irish ''Túr Bhaile Uí Laí'') is a fortified, 15th-century Anglo-Norman tower house built by the septs de Burgo, or Burke, near the town of Gort in County Galway, Ireland. It is also known as ''Yeats' Tower'' because it ...
, W.B. Yeats' former holiday home, restored as a museum. Closed after flooding.


County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

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Ardea Castle Ardea may refer to: *Ardea, Lazio, a town in Lazio, Italy * ''Ardea'' (bird), a genus of large herons and some egrets * ''Ardea'' (journal), an ornithological journal published by the Netherlands Ornithologists' Union * The Ardea, a condominium high ...
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Ballinskelligs Castle Ballinskelligs Castle is a castle located near Ballinskelligs on the Iveragh Peninsula in Kerry, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated fr ...
* Ballybunion Castle * Ballycarbery Castle * Ballycarty Castle * Ballyheigue Castle *
Ballymalis Castle Ballymalis Castle is a tower house and National Monument located in County Kerry, Ireland. Location Ballymalis Castle is located northwest of Beaufort, on the north bank of the River Laune, near its confluence with the River Gaddagh. The Ri ...
* Ballyseedy Castle, Hotel * Cappanacuss Castle * Carrigafoyle Castle * Carrignass Castle * Castle Sybil * Castle of the Island *
Derryquin Castle Derryquin Castle was an 18th-century stone-built country house, now demolished, in the Parknasilla estate in Sneem, County Kerry in the Republic of Ireland. It stood on the Ring of Kerry route some 40 km (25 miles) south-west of Killarney. ...
* Dromore Castle * Dunbeg Fort * Dunkerron Castle * Dunloe Castle * Gallarus Castle * Listowel Castle *
Minard Castle Minard Castle is a 19th-century castellated mansion on the north-western shore of Loch Fyne Argyll and Bute, on the west coast of Scotland, in the parish of Kilmichael Glassary. The castle is located slightly south of the village of Minard. The ...
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Parkavonear Castle Parkavonear Castle is a 13th-century Anglo-Norman ruin in Aghadoe in Ireland, overlooking the lakes of Killarney Killarney ( ; ga, Cill Airne , meaning 'church of sloes') is a town in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. The town is on t ...
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Ross Castle Ross Castle ( ga, Caisleán an Rois) is a 15th-century tower house and keep on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Ireland. It is the ancestral home of the Chiefs of the Clan O'Donoghue, later associated wit ...
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Staigue Fort Staigue or Staig ( or ''Caiseal Stéig'') is a ruined stone ringfort three miles west of Sneem, on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. The fort is thought to have been built during the late Iron Age, probably somewhere between 300 and ...


County Kildare County Kildare ( ga, Contae Chill Dara) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the local authority for the count ...

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Barretstown Castle Barretstown Castle is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children. History E ...
, restored castle * Carbury Castle, castle ruins *
Grange Castle Grange Castle, ga, , is in Grange West, County Kildare, Ireland. It is an Irish National Monument A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's foundi ...
, castle ruins * Jigginstown Castle (''Sigginstown House''), castle ruin
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Kildare Castle Kildare Castle is a ruined castle located at Kildare in County Kildare, Ireland. Built in the 12th century as a motte and bailey castle by Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (of the first creation ...
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Kilkea Castle Kilkea Castle is located northwest of Castledermot, County Kildare, Ireland near the village of Kilkea on the R418 regional road from Athy to Tullow. It was a medieval stronghold, for over 700 years, of the Fitzgeralds, earls of Kildare. ...
, restored castle * Kilteel Castle, Intact Castl
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* Leixlip Castle, restored castle *
Maynooth Castle Maynooth Castle is a ruined 12th century castle in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland which stands at the entrance to the South Campus of Maynooth University. Constructed in the early 13th century, it became the primary residence of the Kildare ...
, Intact Castle * Rathcoffey Castle, castle ruin
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Reeves Castle Reeves Castle is a 14th-century tower house (castle) located in County Kildare, Ireland. On the Record of Monuments and Places it bears the codes ''KD015-001'' (enclosure) and ''KD015-002'' (tower house). Location Reeves Castle is about north ...
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Rheban Castle Rheban Castle is a castle located in County Kildare, Ireland. Location Rheban Castle is located northwest of Athy, on the west bank of the River Barrow. Hendy Wildlife Reserve lies to the north, and Kilberry to the east, across the Barrow. ...
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County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

: * Annaghs Castle, castle ruins * Ballinlaw Castle, castle ruins * Ballybur Castle, restored castle * Ballyragget Castle, castle ruins * Burnchurch Castle, intact castle * Clara Castle, intact castl

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Coolhill Castle Coolhill Castle is a keep (donjon) and National Monument located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Coolhill Castle is located northeast of The Rower, on a cliff overlooking the Barrow. History Coolhill Castle was built c. the 13th cent ...
, castle ruins * Corluddy Castle, castle ruins * Currahill Castle, castle ruins * Dunkitt Castle, castle ruins *
Foulksrath Castle Foulksrath Castle ( ga, Caislean Ratha) is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. History The castle is closely associated with both the De Frene and Purcell families. The estate and o ...
, intact castle * Gorteens Castle, castle ruins *
Gowran Castle Gowran Castle is located in the centre of Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland. The castle is a manor house and was fully restored between 2013 and 2014. Early years The first Gowran Castle was built in 1385 by James Butler, 3rd Earl of Ormond, cl ...
, castle ruins * Granagh Castle, castle ruins *
Kilbline Castle Kilbline Castle is a fortified 16th century tower house in County Kilkenny in Ireland. It is set on the Kilbline Estate in the parish of Tullaherin, within the historical barony Gowran, approximately 1 mile southeast of Bennettsbridge. It is rec ...
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Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Castle ( ga, Caisleán Chill Chainnigh, IPA: kaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːl̪ʲˈxan̪ʲiː is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol of ...
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* Kilmurry Castle, castle ruins * Maudlin Castle, restored castle * Sandfordscourt Castle, castle ruins *
Shankill Castle Shankill Castle and Gardens is set in parkland near Paulstown on the Carlow/Kilkenny border. Visitors are invited to walk in the grounds and gardens, and there are guided tours of the house. Shankill Castle started as a Butler tower-house near t ...
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County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 1556 to 1922. The modern county takes its name from Loígis, a med ...

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Ballinakill Castle Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. As of the 2016 census, there were 445 people living in Ballinakill. History From 1613 until ...
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Ballyadams Castle Ballyadams () is a Barony (Ireland), barony in County Laois (formerly called ''Queen's County'' or ''County Leix''), Republic of Ireland. Etymology Ballyadams barony is named after Ballyadams Castle, a 15th-century fortified house near Ballylyn ...
, castle ruins * Ballyknocken Castle, very ruinous tower house * Castle Durrow, 19th Century house on the site of a former castle * Castlecuffe, ruins of 17th Century fortified house * Castle Fleming, Ruins of fortified house *
Coolbanagher Castle Coolbanagher is a civil parish and townland in County Laois County Laois ( ; gle, Contae Laoise) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and in the province of Leinster. It was known as Queen's County from 155 ...
, Hall House which collapsed in 2014 * Clonreher Castle, intact tower house outside Portlaoise *
Cullahill Castle Cullahill Castle was the principal stronghold of the MacGillapatricks of Upper Ossory built around 1425 and destroyed around 1650. Cullahill Castle takes its name from an ancient forest that covered Cullahill Mountain and extended down to Cul ...
, castle ruins * Dysart Castle, remains consist of a turret of the bawn. * Fermoyle Fortified House, ruins of fortified house * Gortnaclea Castle, castle ruins * Grantstown Castle, ruins of circular tower house * Killeany Castle, ruins of tower house along the River Note * Lea Castle, massive Norman ruins similar to Carlow Castle * Rock of Dunamase, castle ruins * Rushall Fortified House, ruins of a 17th Century fortified house * Shaen Castle, fragment of tower house * Strahane Castle, ruins of tower house *
Shrule Castle Shrule Castle () is a ruined tower house near Shrule in County Mayo, Ireland. The castle was built c.1238, near the Black River at the County Mayo and County Galway border by the de Burgh family. It was given to John de Burgh in 1308 by his ...
, castle ruins * Tinnakill Castle, tower house * Clonburren Castle, tower house


County Leitrim County Leitrim ( ; gle, Contae Liatroma) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Connacht and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the village of Leitrim. Leitrim County Council is the local authority for the ...

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Lough Rynn Castle Lough Rynn Castle ( Irish: ''Caisleán Loch na Reanna'') is a luxury castle hotel on the shores of Lough Rynn in Gortletteragh County Leitrim, Ireland situated on the historic grounds of the medieval castle and estate of the Mac Raghnaill family ...
, restored castle * Manorhamilton Castle, restored castle * Parke's Castle, restored castl
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County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of Ireland, Province , subd ...

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Adare Manor Adare Manor is a manor house located on the banks of the River Maigue in the village of Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, the former seat of the Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl. The present house was built in the early 19th century, though re ...
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Askeaton Castle Askeaton (, Waterfall of Géitine, also historically spelt Askettin), is a town in County Limerick, Ireland. The town on the N69, the road between Limerick and Tralee, is built on the banks of the River Deel some 3 km upstream from the ...
* Ballygrennan Castle * Black Castle * BeaghCastle ruin * Bourchier's Castle * Carrigogunnell Castle * Castle Matrix Rathkeale restored by Sean O'Driscoll USAF

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Castle Oliver Castle Oliver (also ''Clonodfoy'') is a Victorian castle in the south part of County Limerick, Ireland. Built for entertaining rather than for defense, it has a ballroom, drawing room, library, morning room, dining room and hall which feature h ...
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Croom Castle Croom or Crom Castle, also called the Castle of Crom, is a historic castle in the town of Croom, County Limerick, that is notable for its occupation as one of the principal residences of the Kildare branch of the FitzGerald dynasty. Their ancie ...
* Desmond Castle * Dromore Castle ruin * Glin Castle (Old) *
Glin Castle Glin Castle is a Georgian country house and national heritage site located along the River Shannon in Glin, County Limerick, Ireland. The castle has belonged to the FitzMaurice/FitzGerald family for over 700 years and was the seat of the Kn ...
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Oola Castle Oola Castle is a tower house located in County Limerick, Ireland. Location Oola Castle is located east of the village of Oola. It lies in the Golden Vale, southeast of Limerick. It should not be confused with the castle in Ballyneety near ...
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Williamstown Castle Williamstown or Williamtown is the name of several places in the world: Australia * Williamtown, New South Wales ** RAAF Base Williamtown, New South Wales * Williamstown, South Australia *Williamstown, Victoria ** Williamstown railway line **Willia ...


County Longford County Longford ( gle, Contae an Longfoirt) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Longford. Longford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 46,634 ...

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County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal Counties of Ireland, county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of County Meath, M ...

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Barmeath Castle Barmeath Castle is a country house near Dunleer in the centre of County Louth. Of note are the castle's 10 acres of gardens designed by the 18th-century landscape architect Thomas Wright. Barmeath Castle was erected in the 15th century and the B ...
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Castle Roche Castle Roche (Irish Language, Irish: Dún Gall) is a Norman castle located some 10 km (7 miles) north-west of Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It was the seat of the de Verdun family (also spelt de Verdon), who built the cas ...
, castle ruins * Castletown Castle, restored castle * Darver Castle, restored castle * Hatch's Castle, intact castle * King John's Castle, restored castle * Knockabbey Castle, restored castle * The Mint, restored castle * Smarmore Castle, intact castle * Taaffe Castle, castle ruins * Termonfeckin Castle, survivor of two tower houses, other demolished ca. 1800.


County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Counci ...

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Ashford Castle Ashford Castle is a medieval and Victorian castle that has been expanded over the centuries and turned into a five star luxury hotel near Cong on the Mayo-Galway border, on the Galway side of Lough Corrib in Ireland. It is a member of the ...
, hotel * Belleek Castle, restored castle * Crossmolina Castle, castle ruins * Deel Castle, castle ruins * Doon Castle, castle ruins * Kildavnet Castle, intact castle * Kinlough Castle, castle ruins * Rappa Castle, castle ruins *
Rockfleet Castle Rockfleet Castle, or Carrickahowley Castle ( Irish: ''Carraig an Chabhlaigh''), is a tower house near Newport in County Mayo, Ireland. It was built in the mid-fifteenth century, and is most famously associated with Grace O'Malley Grace O' ...
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Shrule Castle Shrule Castle () is a ruined tower house near Shrule in County Mayo, Ireland. The castle was built c.1238, near the Black River at the County Mayo and County Galway border by the de Burgh family. It was given to John de Burgh in 1308 by his ...
, castle ruins * Turin Castle, restored castle * Dookinella Castle


County Meath County Meath (; gle, Contae na Mí or simply ) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. It is bordered by Dublin to the southeast, Louth to the northeast, Kildare to the south, Offaly to the ...

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Dunsany Castle Dunsany Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhún Samhnaí), Dunsany, County Meath, Ireland is a modernised Anglo-Norman castle, started c. 1180 / 1181 by Hugh de Lacy, who also commissioned the original Killeen Castle, nearby, and the famous Trim Castl ...
, restored castle *Lynches Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins *
Durhamstown Castle Durhamstown Castle is a 600-year-old towerhouse in the townland of Durhamstown of the civil parish of Ardbraccan which is in the barony (Ireland) of Lower Navan, in County Meath, Ireland. It is named after a Mr Doream and has been converte ...
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Skryne Castle Skryne Castle ( ga, Caislean na Scríne or ) is a castle located at Skryne, County Meath, Ireland. The motte and bailey castle was built by Adam de Feypo in the 12th century.Skryne and the Early Normans by Elizabeth Hickey Elizabeth Hickey (191 ...
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Slane Castle Slane Castle (Irish ''Cáisleán Bhaile Shláine'') is located in the village of Slane, within the Boyne Valley of County Meath, Ireland. The castle has been the family seat of the Conyngham family since it was built in the late 18th century, on ...
, restored castle * Tara, castle ruins *Dangan Castle (Summerhill), castle ruins *
Trim Castle Trim Castle ( ga, Caisleán Bhaile Átha Troim) is a castle on the south bank of the River Boyne in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, with an area of 30,000 m2. Over a period of 30 years, it was built by Hugh de Lacy and his son Walter as ...
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County Monaghan County Monaghan ( ; ga, Contae Mhuineacháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of Border strategic planning area of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Monaghan. Monaghan County C ...

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Castle Leslie Castle Leslie, also known as Glaslough House is home to an Irish branch of Clan Leslie, is located on the 4 km² (1,000-acre) Castle Leslie Estate adjacent to the village of Glaslough, northeast of Monaghan town in County Monaghan, Irel ...
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Rossmore Castle Rossmore Castle, also known as Rossmore Park, was a castle on the outskirts of Monaghan in County Monaghan, Ireland. It was built in the Gothic style in 1827 and was the seat of the Barons Rossmore, but fell into disrepair in the 1940s when t ...
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Hope Castle Hope Castle is a historic building located in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland.The building still stands, although unoccupied. Over the years, Hope Castle has been inhabited for various uses, such as homes to many, military barracks, a hos ...
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County Offaly County Offaly (; ga, Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. It is named after the Ancient Ireland ...

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Birr Castle Birr Castle (Irish: ''Caisleán Bhiorra'') is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the 7th Earl of Rosse and his family, and as such the residential areas of the castle are not open to the publi ...
, restored castle * Blundell Castle, castle ruins *
Charleville Castle Charleville Castle is a Gothic-style castle located in County Offaly, Ireland, bordering the town of Tullamore, near the River Clodiagh. It is considered one of the finest of its type in the country. History The first mansion house to be buil ...
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Clara Castle (County Offaly) Clara Castle is a tower house (''caiseal'') located in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Location Clara Castle is located about east of Kilkenny City, near one of the headwaters of the Nore. History Clara Castle was built in the late 15th/early 1 ...
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Cloghan Castle There are several structures named Cloghan Castle, all in Ireland: * Cloghan Castle in County Cork * Cloghan Castle in County Offaly * Loughrea Castle (also known as Cloghan Castle) in County Galway {{disambiguation ...
, restored castle * Clonmacnoise Castle, castle ruins *
Clonony Castle Clonony () is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, on the R357 regional road. Located between the River Brosna and the Grand Canal, it is noted for its late medieval tower house of the same name, which was built in 1500. It is situat ...
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Grange Castle Grange Castle, ga, , is in Grange West, County Kildare, Ireland. It is an Irish National Monument A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's foundi ...
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Kinnitty Castle Kinnitty Castle or Castle Bernard is a 19th-century gothic revival castle and hotel in Kinnitty (''Cionn Eitigh''), County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of K ...
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Leap Castle Leap Castle (; ga, Caisleán Léim Uí Bhánáin) is a castle in Coolderry, County Offaly, Ireland, about north of the town of Roscrea and south of Kinnitty on the R421. History There are varied accounts as to when exactly the main towe ...
, under restoration * Sragh Castle, castle ruins


County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces of I ...

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Ballintober Castle Ballintober could refer to two Irish towns: * Ballintober, County Roscommon * An alternate spelling for Ballintubber Ballintubber, officially Ballintober (), is a village in County Mayo, Ireland, known for Ballintubber Abbey which was founded ...
, castle ruins * Castlecoote, Castlecoote House and castle ruins * Donamon Castle, restored castle *
Kilronan Castle Kilronan Castle, previously known as Castle Tenison, is a large country house standing in of parkland on the shore of Lough Meelagh in County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland, from the village of Ballyfarnon. The house, originally construct ...
, restored castle *MacDermott's Castle, Castle Island on Lough Key. castle ruins *Roscommon Castle, castle ruins *Rindoon Castle, castle ruins *Castle Sampson, castle ruins


County Sligo

: *Ardtermon Castle, restored castle *Ballinafad Castle, castle ruins *Ballymote Castle, castle ruins *Markree Castle]
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*Roslee Castle, castle ruins *Temple House Manor and Castle, Temple House Castle, castle ruin
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County Tipperary

: *Annameadle Castle, castle ruins *Ardfinnan Castle, intact castle *Ballyfinboy, Ballyfinboy Castle, castle ruins with Sheela na gig, near Borrisokane *Ballyquirk, Ballyquirk Castle, castle ruins *Ballynahow Castle, intact castle *Ballysheedy Castle

castle ruins *Black Castle, Templemore, castle ruins *Black Castle, Thurles, castle ruins *Cahir Castle, restored castl
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*Carrigeen Castle, restored castle *Clonakenny Castle, castle ruins *Castle Fogarty, restored castle *Cranagh Castle, intact castle *Farney Castle]

restored castle *Kilcash Castle, castle ruins *Killaghy Castle]

restored castle *Killahara castle, Killahara Castle, restored castle *Knockgraffan, early ráth *Lackeen Castle, tower house near Lorrha where the Stowe Missal, Lorrha Missal was discovered in the 18th century. *Lisheen Castle, restored castle *Loughmoe Castle, castle ruins *Moorstown Castle, castle ruins, located between Clonmel and Cahi

*Nenagh#Major buildings, Nenagh Castle, intact castle *Ormonde Castle, Manor House
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*Redwood Castle, Tower House near Lorrha *Rock of Cashel, restored castle *Roscrea Castle, intact castle *Shanbally Castle, demolished *Slevoir, Slevoyre House, restored castle


County Waterford

: *Ballycanvan Castle, castle ruins *Ballyclohy Castle, castle ruins *Ballyheeny Castle, castle ruins *Ballymaclode Castle, castle ruins *Barnakile Castle, castle ruins *Carrowncashlane Castle, castle ruins *Clonea Castle (Portlaw), Clonea Castle, castle ruins *Coolnamuck Castle, castle ruins *Crooke Preceptory, Crooke Castle, castle ruins *Cullen Castle, castle ruins *Derrinlaur Castle, castle ruins *Dungarvan Castle, restored castle *Dunhill Castle, castle ruins *Dunmore East Castle, castle ruins *Faithlegg Castle *Feddans Castle, castle ruins *Fox's Castle, castle ruins *Glen Castle, castle ruins *Greenan Castle (Co. Waterford), Greenan Castle *Kilmeaden Castle, castle ruins *Kincor Castle, castle ruins *Lismore Castle, restored castle *Loughdeheen Castle, castle ruins *MacGrath's Castle, castle ruins *Mountain Castle, castle ruins *Rathgormuck Castle, castle ruins *Reginald's Tower]
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part of the old city walls of Waterford *Rockett's Castle, castle ruins *Sleady Castle, castle ruins *Strancally Castle, castle ruins *Waterford Castle, restored castle, now a hotel


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County Wexford

: *Adamstown Castle - tower house *Baldwinstown Castle - castle ruins *Ballyteigue Castle - tower house *Ballyhack Castle, restored castl
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*Ballyhealy Castle, restored Norman castle *Bargy Castle, restored castle. *Barntown Castle, tower house and castle ruins *Clougheast Castle, restored castle *Dungulph Castle, intact castle *Enniscorthy Castle, restored castle *Ferns, County Wexford, Ferns Castle, restored castle
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*Ferrycarrig Castle, castle ruins *Johnstown Castle, intact castle *Mountgarret Castle (New Ross), castle ruins *Rathlannon Castle, castle ruins *Rathmacknee Castle, castle ruins *Sigginstown Castle, castle ruins *Slade Castle, castle ruins *Tellarought Castle (New Ross), castle ruins


County Wicklow

: *Carnew Castle, Carnew. Tower house ruins, built in the late 16th century. *Castle Howard Wicklow, intact castle with the addition of a 19th-century Mansion. *Dunganstown Castle, Dunganstown. Remains of a large late-17th century U-plan house and early 17th century tower. *Glenart Castle, Arklow. Intact castle in use as a hotel. *Fassaroe Castle, Bray, County Wicklow, Bray. Built in 1536 by 'Master Tresover'. In ruins. *Kiltegan Castle, Kiltegan, intact castle *Kiltimon Castle, Newcastle. C.1550, now in use as a folly. *Kindlestown Castle, Delgany. Castle ruins *Oldcourt Castle, Bray. Built by the Earl of Ormond in 1433. In ruins. *Ormonde Castle, Arklow. Castle ruins, built in 1169 on an old Viking site and destroyed by Oliver Cromwell's army in the 17th century. *Rathdown Castle. Ruined by the 17th century, very little remains. * Threecastles Castle, Manor Kilbride, Blessington. Largely intact late 14th/15th-century castle marking the boundary of the Pale. *The Black Castle, Wicklow, The Black Castle, Wicklow Town (now ruins). In 834 AD the Vikings fortified a strategic rocky promontory at the mouth of the Vartry River in Wicklow Town. Following the Norman invasion a castle was subsequently built, now known as the Black Castle. Between 1295 and 1315 the castle was attacked and burnt down twice by the local O'Byrne Clan.


Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...


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County Tyrone

}). During the Rebellion of 1641, the castle was taken by Turlough O'Neill and used as his personal fortress until his total defeat two years later. In 1648 in Ireland, 1648, the castle was dismantled on the orders of Parliament of United Kingdom, Parliament and was left in ruin. The castle is today a State Care Historic Monument and freely accessible to the public. , - , Roughan Castle , , Newmills , Bawn , 1618 in Ireland, 1618 , A State Care Historic Monument located near Newmills, Northern Ireland. Roughan Castle is a Plantation era bawn built by Sir Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Castlestewart, Andrew Stewart, the Second Earl Castle Stewart, Lord Castlestewart. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641, Rebellion of 1641, the castle's current lord, Robert Stewart, was appointed a commander in the Rebel armies by Phelim O'Neill and he was captured here and brought to Dublin to be executed. , - , Roxborough Castle , , Moy, County Tyrone, Moy , Country house , 1738 in Ireland, 1738 , The castle, originally built in 1738 in Ireland, 1738 as the seat of the Earl of Charlemont, was remodeled by architect William Murray in the Italianate architecture, Italianate style in 1842 in Ireland, 1842 for the second Viscount of Charlemont. Further remodeling later by the Second Viscount's resulted in a house that resembled a France, French château. The castle was again renovated in 1864 by the Third Viscount before the castle was razed to the ground by the Irish Republican Army (1917–22), Irish Republican Army in 1922 in Ireland, 1922. , - , Stewart Castle, Northern Ireland, Stewart Castle , , Newtownstewart , Bawn , 1619 in Ireland, 1619 , A Plantation era English manor built in 1619 in Ireland, 1619 by Sir Robert, Sir Robert Newcomen, 1st Baron Kenagh, Sir Robert Newcomen baronets, Newcomen following the Flight of the Earls. The castle was razed twice - first during the Rebellion of 1641 by Sir Felim O'Neill, and again in 1689 in Ireland, 1689 by King James II of England, James II along with its town as he returned from the Siege of Derry. Today, the monument is a State Care Historic Monument. Also present on the site is an intact Bronze Age cist that was excavated in 1999 in Ireland, 1999.


See also

*Abbeys, Priory, priories and historic houses **Abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland **Historic houses in England **Historic houses in Northern Ireland **Historic houses in the Republic of Ireland **Historic houses in Scotland **Historic houses in Wales *Castles **Castles in England **Castles in Scotland **Castles in Wales *History of Ireland *List of country estates in Northern Ireland *List of castles in the Republic of Ireland *List of abbeys and priories in Northern Ireland *List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland


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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{Châteaux Lists of castles in Europe, Ireland Castles in Ireland Lists of castles in the United Kingdom Castles in Northern Ireland, * Lists of buildings and structures in Northern Ireland Lists of buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland, Castles Castles in the Republic of Ireland, * Lists of tourist attractions in Ireland, Castles Lists of castles by country, Ireland